Apex court affirms Allahabad HC order on removal of mosque from its premises
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed special leave petitions against the 2017 Allahabad High Court order for the removal of a mosque from its premises.
The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was responding to the appeals filed by Waqf Masjid High Court and the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board.
The court gave the petitioners three months to remove the mosque from the Allahabad HC premises, according to Live Law.
In the event of the petitioners failing to act in three-month deadline, authorities can remove or demolish the mosque, the court added.
The court also allowed the petitioners to make representation to the Uttar Pradesh government for an alternate land.
The bench noted that the mosque was sitting on a government lease land and the grant was cancelled back in 2002, according to Live Law.